Ben-Hur (movie)

MONOCACY, Md. — Baltimore and Ohio Railroad agents knew they had a serious problem brewing when a sizable Confederate force appeared unexpectedly near Frederick, Md., in early July 1864, during the American Civil War.

These rebels could reap serious havoc in Maryland, and more importantly, threaten Washington, D.C.

Local Union units available to counter the Confederate threat were in short supply, however, as the bulk of the Army of the Potomac under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant was committed to a siege of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, more than 200 miles away at Petersburg, Va.

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